Toll bridge buyout

jimmycrackcorm · 10-08-2006 12:34am #1

I don't know if this has been brought up previously. It occurs to me that as the government is considering a buyout of the toll bridge costing hundreds of millions, wouldn't it be much cheaper to build another bridge beside the existing one? Why let NTR screw the public for nothing?

There is the revenue aspect but the government are going to toll the entry/exits instead.

Tobias Greeshman · 10-08-2006 8:40am

I assume you're talking about that female politician 2 weeks back that said about the government purchasing the toll-bridge. In fairness it's all a bit of white smoke really, nothing more than a pre-election false promises, to get the public on their side. The government are making too much money with the toll-bridge in place (VAT on tolls), to justify buying it out.

prospect · 10-08-2006 8:48am

Well, as I read recently, there is an Election coming up soon. So why doesn't everyone pipe up and voice thier complaints to their local politicians. I have already e-mailed all my local represantitives about it. If everyone does this, on an individual basis, the government wioll get the message pretty quick.

No Buy-out, No Vote.

Jumpy · 10-08-2006 8:55am

For those outside Dublin I think its going to be Buyout = I wont vote for you.

Not enough money is spent outside Dublin to justify spending my tax dollars on something I wont use. Extending the M7 all the way to limerick... now that I would vote for.

Gregor Samsa · 10-08-2006 9:13am

Jumpy wrote:

Not enough money is spent outside Dublin to justify spending my tax dollars on something I wont use.

You must be a fair bit outside Dublin if the Government are spending your tax Dollars. Maybe an extensiton of the M7 to Boston would get your vote

spockety · 10-08-2006 9:30am

Not sure why this has surfaced as an issue, the toll barriers at the bridge will be gone by 2008, that is already definite, and the wheels are set in motion. The entire M50 will be tolled barrier free instead. Again, this is definite, and will have happened by the end of 2008.

Also, the contract with NTR states that another bridge cannot be built.

Seanie M · 10-08-2006 11:17am

spockety wrote:

Not sure why this has surfaced as an issue, the toll barriers at the bridge will be gone by 2008, that is already definite, and the wheels are set in motion. The entire M50 will be tolled barrier free instead. Again, this is definite, and will have happened by the end of 2008.

Remains to be seen. I thought myself that the time frame was much longer.

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